"some criticism for its significantly darker and more violent tone than its predecessors, which carried into Dalton's portrayal of the character. DEA agents collect MI6 agent James Bond and his friend, CIA agent Felix Leiter, on their way to Leiter's wedding in Key West, to have them assist in capturing drugs lord Franz Sanchez. Bond and Leiter capture Sanchez by attaching a hook and cord to Sanchez's plane and pulling it out of the air with a Coast Guard helicopter. Afterwards, Bond and Leiter parachute down to the church in time for the ceremony. Sanchez bribes DEA agent Ed Killifer"
"New York Times"" has referred to Leiter as James Bond's ""sidekick"" and documented that his evolving character has paralleled Bond's fortunes as both a cinematic icon and a hero of the Cold War and its aftermath. Felix Leiter Felix Leiter is a fictional character created by Ian Fleming in the ""James Bond"" series. The character is an operative for the CIA and Bond's friend. After losing a leg and his hand to a shark attack, Leiter joined the Pinkerton Detective Agency. The name ""Felix"" comes from the middle name of Fleming's friend Ivar Bryce, while the name ""Leiter"" was the"
"Felix Leiter Felix Leiter is a fictional character created by Ian Fleming in the ""James Bond"" series. The character is an operative for the CIA and Bond's friend. After losing a leg and his hand to a shark attack, Leiter joined the Pinkerton Detective Agency. The name ""Felix"" comes from the middle name of Fleming's friend Ivar Bryce, while the name ""Leiter"" was the surname of Fleming's friend Marion Oates Leiter Charles, then wife of Thomas Leiter. Leiter also appeared in novels by continuation authors, as well as ten films and one television episode, ""Casino Royale"" (""Climax!"", season one, episode"
"Leiter. While Bond and Leiter are scouting one of Mr Big's warehouses used for storing exotic fish, Solitaire is kidnapped by Mr Big's minions. Leiter later returns to the warehouse by himself, but is either captured and fed to a shark or tricked into standing on a trap door over the shark tank through which he falls; he survives, but loses an arm and a leg. Bond finds him in their safe house with a note pinned to his chest ""He disagreed with something that ate him"". Bond then investigates the warehouse himself and discovers that Mr Big is smuggling"
"killed Leiter off in the shark attack; when Naomi Burton, Fleming's US agent with Curtis Brown, protested about the death of the character, Fleming relented and Leiter lived, albeit missing an arm and half a leg. Espionage scholar Rupert Allason, writing as Nigel West, noted that Leiter's involvement in a domestic US matter was a breach of the CIA's charter, as laid out in the National Security Act of 1947. After the shark attack, Leiter returned in ""Diamonds Are Forever"" with a hook for his missing hand and a prosthetic leg; as he had lost his gun hand, he was"
"Switzerland and started a shipping business together. Van Nutter died on October 15, 2005 at the age of 76. Rik Van Nutter Rik Van Nutter (May 1, 1929 – October 15, 2005) was an American actor who appeared in many minor films and the James Bond picture ""Thunderball"". He best known for playing the third version of Felix Leiter in the James Bond film ""Thunderball"" (1965). He also had a role alongside Peter Ustinov in ""Romanoff and Juliet"" (1968), and his later films included ""Foxbat"" (1977) with Henry Silva and Vonetta McGee and the Jim Brown WW2 adventure ""Pacific Inferno"""
"Leiter maimed in his house alongside his dead wife. The man responsible is Franz Sanchez, a Mexican drug lord whom Bond and Leiter had unsuccessfully attempted to take down weeks earlier. On a quest for vengeance, Bond and DEA agent Pam Bouvier infiltrate Sanchez's facility inside an old Otomi temple, intent on killing him. A car chase ensues, and Bond kills Sanchez with the lighter given to him by Felix when Bond found him on the floor. In Iceland, Bond and NSA agent Giacinta ""Jinx"" Johnson arrive at a party held by billionaire philanthropist Gustav Graves, who is believed to"
"and escapes. Meanwhile, Sanchez's henchman Dario and his crew ambush Leiter and his wife Della and take Leiter to an aquarium owned by one of Sanchez's accomplices, Milton Krest. Sanchez has Leiter lowered into a tank holding a tiger shark. When Bond learns Sanchez has escaped, he returns to Leiter's house to find Leiter has been maimed and that Della has been murdered—and by implication raped. Bond, with Leiter's friend Sharkey, start their own investigation. They discover a marine research centre run by Krest, where Sanchez has hidden cocaine and a submarine for smuggling. After Bond kills Killifer using the"
"James Bond: Felix Leiter James Bond: Felix Leiter is a 2017 American comic book miniseries published by Dynamite Entertainment. The series features the eponymous character, who primarily appears in Ian Fleming's James Bond novels and their movie adaptations. Written by James Robinson and illustrated by Aaron Campbell, the comic book is a spin-off from the ""James Bond"" series also published by Dynamite. The series ran from January to June 2017, and marks the first time that Leiter received a solo adventure in any format. The miniseries was first announced in October 2016. During an interview with entertainment media news site"
"Rik Van Nutter Rik Van Nutter (May 1, 1929 – October 15, 2005) was an American actor who appeared in many minor films and the James Bond picture ""Thunderball"". He best known for playing the third version of Felix Leiter in the James Bond film ""Thunderball"" (1965). He also had a role alongside Peter Ustinov in ""Romanoff and Juliet"" (1968), and his later films included ""Foxbat"" (1977) with Henry Silva and Vonetta McGee and the Jim Brown WW2 adventure ""Pacific Inferno"" (1979). Van Nutter was married to film actress Anita Ekberg from 1963 until 1975. They lived in Spain and"
"comic strips as well as comic books as a supporting character aiding Bond on joint assignments, some of them being adaptations of the novels and the films, while others maintaining original storylines. He briefly makes an appearance in ""Permission to Die"" (1989), later returning in ""A Silent Armageddon"" (1992), playing a rather large role in ""The Quasimodo Gambit"" (1995), a brief comeback in """" (2016), and at the latest, in """" (2017). In January 2017, Dynamite Comics published the first issue of a miniseries starring Felix, written by James Robinson and illustrated by Aaron Campbell, simply titled, ""Felix Leiter"". ""The"
"that followed him. Bond, after overpowering Quarrel and his friend Puss Feller, meets Quarrel's passenger, Felix Leiter, a CIA agent on the same mission as Bond. The CIA has traced the radio jamming signal to Jamaica, but has not determined its exact origin. Quarrel, who is assisting Leiter, reveals that he had been guiding Strangways around the nearby islands to collect mineral samples. He also mentions the reclusive Dr. No, the owner of Crab Key, an island rigorously protected against trespassers by an armed security force. In Strangways' house, Bond finds a receipt from Professor R.J. Dent concerning rock samples."
"disable the bombs, tries to get away, but Largo corners him in an underwater cave and easily overpowers him. Before Largo can finish Bond off Domino shoots him with a spear gun. The bombs are recovered and Bond is sent to hospital with Domino. According to continuation Bond author Raymond Benson, there was further development of the Bond character in ""Thunderball"", with glimpses of both his sense of humour and his own sense of mortality being shown. Felix Leiter had his largest role to date in a Bond story and much of his humour came though, whilst his incapacity, suffered"
"his step-cousin, Christopher Lee, would be good for the role of Dr. No, although by the time Fleming told the producers, they had already chosen Joseph Wiseman for the part. Harry Saltzman picked Wiseman because of his performance in the 1951 film ""Detective Story"", and the actor had special make-up applied to evoke No's Chinese heritage. The role as the first Felix Leiter was given to Jack Lord. This is Bond and Leiter's first time meeting each other on film and Leiter does not appear in the novel. Leiter returns for many of Bond's future adventures and in the 2006"
"as he pursues drugs lord Franz Sanchez, who has ordered an attack against his CIA friend Felix Leiter and the murder of Felix's wife during their honeymoon. Originally titled ""Licence Revoked"" in line with the plot, the name was changed during post-production due to American test audiences associating the term with driving. Budgetary reasons caused ""Licence to Kill"" to be the first Bond film shot completely outside the United Kingdom, with locations in both Mexico and the US. The film earned over $156 million worldwide, and enjoyed a generally positive critical reception, with ample praise for the stunts, but attracted"
"audience, and also appeared as a (human) army officer in the second sequel ""Escape from the Planet of the Apes"" (1971). In film, he is perhaps best known for his unconventional (and frequently disparaged) performance as Felix Leiter in the James Bond film ""Diamonds Are Forever"" (1971). He played Will Giddings, an ill fated engineer, in the action film ""The Towering Inferno"" (1974), and his later films included ""The Gumball Rally"" (1976), ""Crimes of Passion"" (1984) and ""Deep Space"" (1988). He played Dennis Christopher's mean and ill fated boss in the slasher ""Fade To Black"" (1980). On television, he is"
"former U.S. Marine who was working with the Joint Intelligence Staff of NATO. Fleming named the character after two of his American friends: ""Felix"" was Ivar Bryce's middle name, whilst Tommy Leiter was a mutual friend. Academic Kerstin Jütting describes Leiter as ""a cool and quiet no-nonsense character who knows 007's strengths and weaknesses well"". Physically, Fleming describes Leiter in ""Casino Royale"": ""a mop of straw-coloured hair lent his face a boyish look which closer examination contradicted"". Leiter is Bond's saviour in ""Casino Royale"", providing him with 32 million francs when Bond has been cleaned out by SMERSH paymaster Le"
"Lisa finds the flashlight but not Javier. While looking around for him, she becomes disoriented about her position and Kate's location. Javier appears and attempts to usher her back towards safety, but he is attacked and killed by a shark. Lisa takes Javier's spear gun and the spare winch, and swims back toward the cage. After the spare is attached, Lisa swims up and notifies Taylor to pull them up; however, the replacement winch line also snaps and the cage sinks back to the bottom. The cage lands on Lisa's leg, pinning her. Lisa and Kate panic as they realize"
"year at home in Toronto, Ontario, of complications from emphysema. Cec Linder Cec Linder (March 10, 1921 – April 10, 1992) was a Polish-born Canadian film and television actor. In the 1950s and 1960s, he worked extensively in the United Kingdom, often playing Canadian and American characters in various films and television programmes. In television, he is best remembered for playing Dr. Matthew Roney in the BBC serial ""Quatermass and the Pit"" (1958–59). In film, he is best remembered for his role as James Bond's friend, CIA agent Felix Leiter, in ""Goldfinger"" (1964). Another well-known film in which he appeared"
"read ""Casino Royale"" for preparation, he decided to turn Sanchez into a ""mirror image"" of James Bond, based on Ian Fleming's descriptions of Le Chiffre. The actor also learned scuba diving for the scene where Sanchez is rescued from the sunken armoured car. Davi later helped with the casting of Sanchez's mistress Lupe Lamora, by playing Bond in the audition. Talisa Soto was picked from twelve candidates because Davi said he ""would kill for her"". David Hedison returned to play Felix Leiter, sixteen years after playing the character in ""Live and Let Die"". Hedison did not expect to return to"
"film's end, Leiter is shown recovering in the hospital. Following Hedison's first outing in 1973 in ""Live and Let Die"", the Leiter role did not appear again until the 1987 film ""The Living Daylights"", by which time Bond was being played by Timothy Dalton; the role was taken up by John Terry. Smith and Lavington consider that, although the scene between Bond and Leiter sees warmth in the relationship between them, ""it is too fleeting to have any impact"". Pfeiffer and Worrall agree on the briefness of Leiter's role in the film, although they consider that Terry has ""virtually no"
"Felix Leiter in two James Bond films, ""Live and Let Die"" and ""Licence to Kill"". Hedison decided he wanted to be an actor after he saw Tyrone Power in the film ""Blood and Sand"". Hedison enlisted in the United States Navy in 1945, but the war ended before he completed basic training. He served 18 months, then mustered out. He began his acting career with the Sock and Buskin Players at Brown University before moving to New York to study with Sanford Meisner and Martha Graham at The Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre and with Lee Strasberg at the"
"two main headquarters are located in the Bahamas. The first is his estate, called Palmyra, which houses a giant swimming pool filled with sharks; Bond is thrown into this pool but he is able to escape. The second is Largo's private yacht, the ""Disco Volante"". The yacht is a hydrofoil craft purchased with SPECTRE funds for £200,000. The craft plays a pivotal role in the seizure and transportation of the two nuclear weapons. To Largo, failure is punishable by death. When Quist, one of Largo's henchmen, fails to kill Bond, Largo has him thrown into his pool of sharks. Largo"
"Ivar Bryce giving his name to the alias used by Bond, while another friend, Tommy Leiter, found his surname being used for Felix Leiter; Ivar Bryce's middle name of Felix was used for Leiter's first name, while John Fox-Strangways saw part of his surname being used for the name of the MI6 station chief in Jamaica. Fleming also used the name of the local Jamaican Rufous-throated solitaire bird as the name of the book's main female character. Fleming's experiences on his first scuba dive with Jacques Cousteau in 1953 provided much of the description of Bond's swim to Mr Big's"
"of the novel's Felix Leiter and René Mathis and was played by the Australian actor Michael Pate. Jack Lord was the first Felix Leiter, appointed into the role for the first Bond film, ""Dr. No"". Eon Productions started filming the series out of the order written by Fleming (Fleming had started with ""Casino Royale"", with ""Dr. No"" being the sixth novel). Leiter was not present in the Fleming novel, but the writers added the character to the film. Bond scholars Smith and Lavington consider Leiter to offer negligible help to Bond, largely because there is no role for him in"
"proceeds to lower them into a shark tank. However, Bond escapes and forces Kananga to swallow a compressed-gas pellet used in shark guns, causing his body to inflate and explode. Leiter puts Bond and Solitaire on a train leaving the country. Tee Hee sneaks aboard and attempts to kill Bond, but Bond cuts the wires of his prosthetic arm and throws him out the window. As the film ends, a laughing Samedi is revealed to be perched on the front of the speeding train. While filming ""Diamonds Are Forever"", ""Live and Let Die"" was chosen as the next Ian Fleming"
"This may be based on an alleged sighting by a British sailor in 1939. In 1950, a Douglas DC-4 operated by the private airline Loftleiðir crash-landed on the Vatnajökull glacier. The glacier was used as the setting for the opening sequence (set in Siberia) of the 1985 James Bond film ""A View to a Kill"", in which Bond (played for the last time by Roger Moore) eliminated a host of armed villains before escaping in a submarine to Alaska. Several other films, including another in the Bond franchise, have been filmed on or using Jökulsárlón, the terminal lake of the"
"in manual dexterity which leads to his demise. He offered his skills and expertise to the Americans, and then the Soviets, but was rejected by both superpowers. To get revenge, No joined the criminal organization SPECTRE and relocated to his island in Crab Key in Jamaica. When Bond is sent to investigate the murder of two British agents and any possible connection with recent rocket disasters, No orders several attempts on 007's life. He is particularly displeased with henchman Professor Dent's failures, such as through the chauffeur Jones. He gives Dent a venomous spider, which is released in Bond's room"
"him and strangles him to death. Vesper is traumatised by the encounter, but Bond comforts her. When the tournament resumes, Bond loses his initial stake, and Vesper refuses to fund further playing. Frustrated, Bond is about to kill Le Chiffre when he meets Felix Leiter, a fellow player and CIA agent who is on the same mission as Bond. Leiter, on the verge of losing, agrees to stake Bond on the condition that the CIA takes custody of Le Chiffre after his defeat. Bond rapidly rebuilds his position before the next break. Le Chiffre's girlfriend, Valenka, spikes Bond's martini with"
"Cec Linder Cec Linder (March 10, 1921 – April 10, 1992) was a Polish-born Canadian film and television actor. In the 1950s and 1960s, he worked extensively in the United Kingdom, often playing Canadian and American characters in various films and television programmes. In television, he is best remembered for playing Dr. Matthew Roney in the BBC serial ""Quatermass and the Pit"" (1958–59). In film, he is best remembered for his role as James Bond's friend, CIA agent Felix Leiter, in ""Goldfinger"" (1964). Another well-known film in which he appeared was ""Lolita"" (1962), as Doctor Keegee. Linder enjoyed an extensive"
"engage in recreational swimming when a shark attacked the swimmers. After biting Seaman Phil Buffington, inflicting wounds on his legs that would require over 50 stitches to close, the shark attacked Heather Boswell, a 19-year-old student aboard for a six-month stint working in ""Discoverer""s galley, pulling her under, shaking her viciously, and biting off her left leg at mid-thigh. Three members of ""Discoverer""s crew—Matthew N. Ofthus, Jon M. Knox, and Lisa K. Glover—came to her rescue in a boat, with two pulling her from the shark's jaws and into the boat while the third beat the shark with a stick."
"village, they set out to search the atoll for scrap metal to help repair the boat. Haley (Jackson) and Alison (English) decide to go swimming topless with Kirk (Conner), only to be attacked and eaten by the two-headed shark. The rest of the group meet up and find two small speedboats before an earthquake hits, causing Professor Babish to fall and badly injure his leg. Dana (Bach) bandages Babish's leg with her shirt, while Jeff (Carmouze) and Mike (King Leslie) accompany him back to the ""Sea King"" on the dinghy. On the way back, Jeff and Mike discover Laura's severed"
"same shark tank used for Leiter, M meets Bond in Key West's Hemingway House and orders him to an assignment in Istanbul, Turkey. Bond resigns after turning down the assignment, but M suspends Bond instead and revokes his licence to kill. Bond becomes a rogue agent, although he later receives unauthorised assistance from Q. Bond boards Krest's ship ""Wavekrest"" and foils Sanchez's latest drug shipment, stealing five million dollars in the process. He discovers that Sharkey has been killed by Sanchez's henchmen. Bond meets and teams up with Pam Bouvier, an ex-CIA agent and pilot, at a Bimini bar, and"